Sarah's burial in the earth, next to Eve, begins the 1000 year period of the earth restored to System - Queen Esther appears at the juncture between the 1st period of Jewish history where System 1 is fully exposed, and the 2nd period (hester Panim) where system 2 is concealed.

Part 3 of our series on Fear vs. Emunah. System 1 (Emunah that only Hashem provides) will not tolerate System two behavior with regards to Avraham, Sara or Eretz Yisrael, The stories of Avimelech and Sodom illustrate this)

Nature, including human nature, was designed to deliver all our needs in the most pleasurable way, as long as we know that it is Hashem providing for us via nature - Nature will not cooperate with us if we let ourselves relate to it as if IT was the provider - Nature will turn her back on us and we will find ourselves living in fear, working so hard to secure our survival - This will pit man against man. In the end all the nations will no longer live in fear, warring with each other for resource...

The Mussaf Amida of Rosh HaShana is fashioned after the prayer of Chana - At first glance it seems that Chana did nothing but cut a tough deal with Gd - In this class we learn how Abraham introduced the true model of Gds relationship with creation, and how deal making is non Jewish - We explain the Shema and the power of the Shofar.

Esther Wein Published on 8 Sep 2016 Mishpat/Justice and Tzedakah/Righteousness are indivisible - Mishpat allows us to justify ourselves to the world - however Tzedakah asks us to justify the world to ourselves - Tzedakah must mitigate Mishpat as part of truth - The way to cultivate a generous spirit is to develop a

Misconceptions abound regarding the purpose of Mitzvot. Rambam sorts through much of the nonsense about reward and punishment and explains what we are truly meant to strive for, and how the mitzvot help us to attain it.

The terms - Yetzer Hara and Yetzer Hatov - are explained in light of the ideas we have been working with. We explain what a 'Rasha' is and what a 'Tzaddik' is what 'bad' and 'good' mean, and where we find ourselves when we become 'non religious'

Self Control and Self expansion are both expressions of the human drive to be More. Declining that which limits us, and developing our selves causes other to be able participate more in our lives. Chessed is not what we Do for others, it is our own excess, that overflows and nourishes all our co creations. This is our participation in Gds existence

In this class we decode the language of the story of the Garden of Eden - The Garden, Man, Woman, Snake and Tree are all descriptions of inter psychic forces - How the relationship between Man and Gd changes and how that determines our relationship with others is explained - Cain and Hevel are understood as the inevitable outcome of